Bill to Lift Ban on Sunday Liquor Sales in Minnesota Introduced to Senate

Imagine not having to go to Wisconsin if you wanted to buy off-sale liquor on Sundays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (after 8 p.m.) and Christmas Day.

Well, a bipartisan bill reintroduced in the Senate this week aims to repeal the long-standing ban of selling off-sale liquor on Sundays—and would allow liquor store owners the option of being open for business seven days a week.

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Currently, Minnesota is one of 12 states that still ban liquor sales on Sunday.

"We just want to keep things as they are," Frank Ball, executive director of the Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association, told the Star Tribune. "Wisconsin's got their way of doing things, and Minnesotans have their way of doing things."

The bill was reintroduced by Senators Roger Reinert (D-Duluth) and Jeremy Miller (R-Winona).

Last June, 59 percent of Minnesotans polled by Public Policy Polling said they are in favor of the proposal.

The bill was referred to the Senate Commerce Committee. If the Senate Commerce Committee Chair decides to hear the bill it will continue to move along in the political process; if not, the bill is likely to die before making it to the floor for discussion.